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Now, a burnt-out putrid warehouse that has devastated businesses and forced residents to remain inside their homes during a sweltering summer, as flies and giant rats infest the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Officials added that the calf was undergoing treatment and improving, and emphasized that the worms do not infest food sources like meat, fruit or vegetables.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

When Banksy’s first examples from this series were unveiled in London in 2005, the show caused a stir because he also arranged for around 200 live rats to infest the gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

A more accurate metaphor would be credit termites — insects that infest and destroy structural timbers.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

Skilled at creeping under floorboards and behind skirting boards, they infest houses.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

The pollution that infests those systems can include everything from silt and natural debris to asbestos, heavy metals, radioactive isotopes and other harmful contaminants released when man-made structures burn.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

English ivy infests millions of trees across the country, killing them by choking, stealing nutrients and adding weight that can be deadly in high winds.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022

Here’s the key: During a séance, the vampires are confronted by their dead spirits; one infests a doll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2020

The pest currently infests forests from Colorado to Vermont and Georgia.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2017

This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The infested willow plants were sold in 15 counties, mostly across Southern and Central California between June 24 and July 3.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Michael Schmoyer -- the associate administrator for the country's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and head of the NWS Directorate -- said the infested beef calf "is not a danger to the food supply."

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

“Our business is infested with idiots,” he famously warned, “who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

Officers and men alike shared their trenches with rats and frogs, with slugs and horned beetles that burrowed into the trench walls, with lice that infested every man’s clothing.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Within weeks of the renovation’s completion, numerous defects were spotted, with a liner installed on the bottom of the pool peeling in various places, and algae again infesting the water.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

Plus, the $313 million injury bug infesting the NBA playoffs, Ted Turner’s day managing the Braves and Jason Gay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Solanum elaeagnifolium -- also known as silverleaf nightshade -- can be found from south Texas to South Africa and Greece, infesting fields and soaking up valuable nutrients intended for cash crops.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

The wingless, pill-shaped insects feed on mammalian blood and, as indicated by their name, are notorious for infesting human dwellings.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024

Navid had been infesting my personal space—at home, at school—with his many guy friends since forever, and, generally, I didn’t care for it.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi